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A teenager has been arrested after allegedly threatening on social media to send bombs to several schools, according to a release from Montgomery Public Schools.

The 13-year-old girl, who authorities did not name, was identified at 10:37 p.m. Tuesday, nearly two hours after the post was made and arrested at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The girl was charged with making a terroristic threat, according to the release. MPS said the girl is not a current MPS student.

“We have such a wonderful working relationship with MPD and with the Montgomery Sheriff's Office,” said MPS Superintendent Ann Roy Moore in a news release. “I am so thankful to MPD for their quick actions to identify and arrest this suspect. It is critical for everyone, especially young people, to understand making threats against schools is not a game. It is not a joke. It is a serious crime. If you make a threat, you will be found and arrested.”

Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt declined to say how the teen was identified and which schools were threatened. Earnhardt said she did not know what social media platform the girl made the threatening message on.

Due to the girl's age, police will not release her name, Earnhardt said.

"She's a juvenile, and she's being charged as a juvenile," she said.

If the teen were facing the charge, a Class C felony, as an adult, she could face up to 10 years in prison. However, as a juvenile, her court proceedings will be sealed from public view and if convicted the maximum sentence she will face is three years.

The teen is currently being held in the Montgomery County Juvenile Facility, Earnhardt said.